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How to Make Zucchini Pucks

I can’t tell you how many times I got asked  ‘WHAT are you going to do with ALL that squash!?’ when I shared the photo below on my Facebook page last week! I replied that it’s a great question. This...

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How to Harvest & Dry Calendula Flowers

Calendula is such a wonderful, cheerful and easy  flower to grow. If anyone is beginning their journey on making their own herbal remedies this is one of the best choices for beginners. It’s not fussy...

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The Best Zucchini Recipe Round Up (100+ Recipes!)

You know that time of the year? The one where you start your conversations with ‘Would you like some zucchini?’ before even saying hello!? It’s zucchini season and it’s overwhelming at times. Just one...

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Herbal Healing: How to Make Calendula Oil

Can I just say how much I love Calendula?! What an amazing flower it is. Last week I burned my hand while baking and after putting some calendula oil on it the throbbing pain went away fast. I use it...

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Home Canning Recipe: Spiced Plum Jam

I love this jam, it seriously tastes like Christmas in a jar! I’m personally not a fan of savoury type plum sauces as I don’t eat plum sauce with meat or thai food. But a spicy sweet jam? Oh lovely!...

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Home Canning Recipe: Vanilla Peach Jam

Peaches are one of my favourite fruits. Every summer we can lots of peach slices in 1 Quart jars (1L) for those snowy winter months. I also make vanilla peach jam every summer and it’s delicious....

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Preserve the Harvest: Air Dehydrate Celery Leaves

If you grow your own celery you’ll notice there’s a lot of leaves compared to the store-bought counterparts. These leaves are full of flavour & fantastic for making soups and stocks. Celery leaves...

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Do the Tattler Re-Usable Canning Lids Actually Work? (an Honest Tattler Lid...

2 years ago I was super excited about something.  I invested in the Tattler re-usable canning lids. A big deal at the time, they aren’t cheap. I’d been wanting a re-usable canning lid in case #$*% hits...

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Grow a Modern Day Victory Garden

I find the history of Victory Gardens fascinating.   I mean the government was encouraging and educating people to grow and preserve food. Nowadays you get into serious trouble for growing a vegetable...

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Recipe for How to Make Elderberry Wine

Elderberries are abundant to forage for this time of the year and this year has been an especially good one.  The most common varieties you see are the American Elder (Sambucus Canadensis) and the Blue...

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How to Harvest, Cure & Store Winter Squash and Pumpkins

If I had to choose a favourite vegetable or fruit to grow it would be winter squash and pumpkins. Perhaps it’s because they make me think of fairy tales, perhaps it’s the huge vines and gorgeous...

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How to Make Zucchini Pucks

I can’t tell you how many times I got asked  ‘WHAT are you going to do with ALL that squash!?’ when I shared the photo below on my Facebook page last week! I replied that it’s a great question. This...

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